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boxy

adjective

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Recent Examples of boxy Evans’ breakfasts and lunches were fresh and homestyle, but her talent as a caterer didn’t translate into the boxy space. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026 In person, the range-topping Spider looks hilariously boxy up front, deliciously wedgy from the side, and surprisingly angry from the back. — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 15 July 2026 Still, the town looks diminutive, a thin ribbon of boxy wooden condo buildings and parking lots in a brief clearing between foothills dense with conifers. — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026 SpaceX shunned the conventional boxy satellite designs pretty much everyone else has used for more than a half-century. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for boxy

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Nolan doesn’t exactly share his hero’s reticence; one of his signature tactics as a writer is to place blocky, boldface ideas in furious opposition.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
And of course, the blocky universe just wouldn’t be the same without Momoa’s scene-stealing ex-video game champ.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

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The field will unlock more than 600 million standard cubic feet of natural gas and associated gas liquids per day, according to ADNOC, equivalent to nearly 10% of the UAE’s current daily gas consumption.

— Emma Graham, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Crews then placed 300 cubic yards, or 30 truckloads, of concrete slurry into the trench.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

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